<span>The purpose of tragedy is to produce catharsis or release of negative emotions from the audience. Within greek tragedies, peripeteia often occurs, which are swift reversals of fortune. Anagnorisis, where a character of the play makes an very important discovery, can have a profound impact on the main character. Ruination typically marks the conclusion of Greek tragedies, with the final act of the protagonist's downfall and failure.</span>
From Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales excerpt that contradicts the claim made in the third line that the prioress speaks fluent French is "For French of Paris was not hers to know."
In the General prologue, Chaucer satirizes several characters from various classes and professions. Beginning with the highest class to lower. The first character whom Chaucer introduces is the Prioress who is a nun. She is the first among the female to be described, the first question that evokes in the reader's mind is that such higher religious clergy doesn't take a vow of leading a simple life? Hence, Chaucer satirizes the church, as the members of the church belonged from the upper class. The prioress took advantage from the poor for her own good. She was very well '<em>dainty</em>' and was well-dressed. Being known as <em>"Madame Eglantyne"</em>, she was so pretentious that she hardly knew any words of French.
